Shoe-soling tool



Nov. 7, 1923. v v

P. J. DEVER SHOE SOLING TOOL Filed Sept. 5, 1922 wuewhz Patented Nov. 27, 1923.

* ENEETEQ stares PATRICK J. DEXTER, or rnnnnalvn, PENNSYLVANiA.

SHOE-SOLING rooL.

Application filed September To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that T, PATRICK J. DEVER, a citizen of the United States, residin at Freeland, in the county of Luzerne and state of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Shoe-Soling Tool, of which the following is a specification.

This inventionrelates to shoemakers tools and more particularly to a tool for use in soling shoes.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and eflicient tool for nailing soles to shoes.

Another object is to so construct such a tool that while a nail is being driven into the sole of the shoe, a hole is being punched for the nextsucceeding nail.

Another object is to provide a tool of this character which insures perfect alinement of the nailing.

Still another object is to so construct a tool of this character that a shoe soled thereby will have all the smoothness and comforts of a sewed shoe.

With the foregoing and other objectsin view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figurel represents a side elevation of a tool constructed in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof, and

Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2. I

In the embodiment illustrated, the tool constituting this invention is composed of pivotally connected members 1, and 2 carrying jaws 3 and 4 at their front ends and handles 5 and 6 at the rear of the pivot which connects them. The upper jaw 3 has its inner face corrugated or serrated as shown at 7 to form a crimper, while the lower jaw 4c, is as shown clearly in. Fig. 2 of a width greater than jaw 3, being provided with a nail pulling notch 8-in its edge beyond jaw 3 as is shown clearly in Fig. 2.

Carried by the upper jaw 3 are a nail driving element 9 and a punch 10 spaced 5, 1922. Serial 1%. 586,277.

laterally from each other and arranged one slightly in advanceof the other,.thepunch 10 being in advance of the driver 9 so that when the driver 9 is operating to force a nail into a shoe sole, punch 10 will be forming a hole in thesole for the reception of the succeeding nail. p

The punch 10 and nail driver 9 are'here '9" and l0 to facilitate the adjustment of these members in the jaw 3.

From the above description it will be obvious that the sole to be secured is placed between the jaws 3 and 4 and by forcibly closing the jaws through means of the handles 5 and 6, the nail driver will engage and force in the nail for securing the shoe sole while the punch 10 will form adjacent said driven nail an opening to receive the next nail, This punch and nail driver are so arranged that the nails applied by the tool will be spaced uniform distances apart and the punch point will prevent the nail driver from slipping off the head of the nail when being forced into the sole of the shoe. The beveled lower jaw insures perfect alinement of the nail and the lower jaw also acts as a nail clinching device and gives to the sole of the shoe its original form.

By the use of this tool as herein described, a shoe can be soled by nailing without destroying the comforts which go with the sewed shoe since the nails do not enter the outer sole and clinch in the welt on the out side of the shoe, .at the same time the head of the nail is counter-sunk thus giving the shoe the same smoothness that is possessed by a sewed shoe.

The handle members 5 and 6 are preferably provided at their free ends with finishing elements 11 and 12.

I claim 1. A tool ofthe class described compris ing pivotally connected members having jaws at one end and handles at the other, oneof said jaws being provided with transversely spaced punching and nailing elements, the punching elements being arranged slightly in advance of the nailing element, said elements being adjustably mounted in said jaw, the inner face of said jaW being serrated to form a crimping element.

2. A tool of the class described comprising a pair of pivotally connectedxjaws an ranged in superposed relation, the upper jaw having transversely spaced nailing and punching elements extending from the outer to the inner face thereof and adapted to be adjusted therein, the punching element being arranged slightly in advance of the nailing element, the other jaw having its free end beveled on its outer face and positioned to form a clinching member for the nailing element, one of'said jaws having its inner face serrated to form a crimper.

l'ntestiinony thatl claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature 7 in the presence of two Witnesses.

PATRICK J. DEVER.

lVitnesses:

HUGH F. GALLAGHER, FRANCIS MQHUGH. 

